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“A four-way marriage made in heaven.” This is how British online jazz site Jazz Breakfast sees The Impossible Gentlemen, one of the most exciting jazz quartets currently performing. The line-up, which spans the Atlantic and generations, is indeed impressive: Steve Rodby, living American legend, plays bass (he was a member of the Pat Metheny combo for 30 years); the less well known yet equally busy and acknowledged American musician Adam Nussbaum is on drums (he was a key member of the rhythm section of the Gil Evans Orchestra); keyboards is taken by the young titan Gwilym Simcock, who has quickly found himself being called one of the greatest British jazz pianists of the 21st century, a person who is equally at home in classical music; while Mike Walker, the most dazzling jazz performer in the UK, plays guitar. Their music combines countless different influences, from Keith Jarrett to Pat Metheny and John Scofield, not to mention the classics. Their third album is due for release in 2015, and as one might conjecture from what has been said, it is not uncommon to find that the energy they release on stage during their concerts is close to explosive.